unable to download udemy courses even after updating to version 2018.11.18

[generalmaths]

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C:\Users\~>youtube-dl   https://www.udemy.com/learn-website-hacking-penetration-testing-from-scratch/learn/v4/content -u USERNAME -p PASSWORD -v -o '%(playlist)s/%(chapter_number)s - %(chapter)s/%(title)s.%(ext)s'
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['https://www.udemy.com/learn-website-hacking-penetration-testing-from-scratch/learn/v4/content', '-u', 'PRIVATE', '-p', 'PRIVATE', '-v', '-o', "'%(playlist)s/%(chapter_number)s", '-', "%(chapter)s/%(title)s.%(ext)s'"]
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp437, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2018.11.18
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-10-10.0.17763
[debug] exe versions: none
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[udemy:course] Downloading login popup
ERROR: Unable to download webpage: HTTP Error 403: Unauthorized (caused by HTTPError()); please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; type  youtube-dl -U  to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmph_ixabnp\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 605, in _request_webpage
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmph_ixabnp\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 2211, in urlopen
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 470, in open
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 580, in http_response
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 508, in error
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 442, in _call_chain
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 588, in http_error_default

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Description of your issue, suggested solution and other information

I have not been able to download udemy courses. I updated to the latest version 2018.11.18 still the issue is not solved. pls help

[rautamiekka]

@generalmaths I recommend you to change your Udemy pw cuz the notification email for this ticket shows it in plain text and someone with worse intentions might abuse it.